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- Anbernic launches AI 🤖, RG Slide teased 🛝, GAMEMT E5 Ultra first look 🔍️, Best Buy gets retro handhelds 🏷️, a long lost Final Fantasy VII game rediscovered ☄️
Anbernic launches AI 🤖, RG Slide teased 🛝, GAMEMT E5 Ultra first look 🔍️, Best Buy gets retro handhelds 🏷️, a long lost Final Fantasy VII game rediscovered ☄️
Anbernic RG Slide
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Anbernic RG Slide teased (17 second video)
Anbernic certainly seems to have heard the voices of passionate passionate fans of the Sony PSP Go and Xperia Play, as they tease a new sliding form-factor handheld, tentatively named the RG Slide.
Anbernic releases AI-powered App for the RG557 (6 minute read)
Anbernic's latest OTA update for the RG557 introduces a custom AI app with features like a gaming-focused chatbot, live translation for foreign-language games, and AI-driven image editing and analysis. AI is a big technology trend right now, but including it on a handheld gaming device is an odd choice.
GAMEMT E5 Ultra & GB first look (1.5 minute video)
YouTube leaker Nittrx has uploaded a video showing the first look at a new E5 model, and more interestingly, the all-glass fronted GB, which appears to have a Game Boy cartridge slot!
Best Buy gets retro handhelds (link)
The retro handheld market seems to be growing at an dizzying pace, and the latest proof of that is with USA retailer Best Buy, who are now stocking Anbernic devices, albeit at a hefty premium.
New release: PowKiddy V90S
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PowKiddy V90S
PowKiddy’s V90S is a clamshell retro handheld with a 3.5-inch IPS screen and an Allwinner quad-core CPU. Priced at $39.99 with code V90SGOOD, it's the latest in a string of clamshell handheld releases such as the Miyoo Flip and Anbernic RG35XXSP.
Retro gaming news
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Long-lost Final Fantasy VII Chocobo Racing minigame finally preserved (2 minute read)
The long-lost Chocobo Racing minigame from Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, a Japan-exclusive mobile title, has been preserved by hackers and the Keitai Wiki Discord community, recovering files from a P900iV phone to restore this piece of Final Fantasy history.
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